Snapshot: This week in pictures

Christopher King of the Whitecourt Star got up close and personal for this beautiful shot of Ayla, 4, as she played with a bubble-maker at Party in the Park in Whitecourt, Alta. last Saturday. After taking some long shots of the summer festival with a telephoto lens, King switched to a 35mm and got on his knees to snap away at Ayla and her toy. The perspective this lens offers allowed the bubbles to line up perfectly.

A covered wagon pulled by a team of horses including riders Julie Chisholm, Peg Angiers, Glen Abernethy, Yvonne Carroll Laurie Newton, Chloe Ann Baker and Jean Abernethy are spotted heading east along Carnegie Ave. on Monday, September 1, 2014 in Peterborough for the Giddy Up For Bonnie event to raise funds for cancer patient Bonnie Winn. Clifford Skarstedt/QMI Agency

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Willie Jefferson of the Edmonton Eskimos against the Calgary Stampeders during CFL football in Calgary, Alta. on Monday September 1, 2014. Al Charest/QMI Agency

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11-year-old Demaris Walker wears a mask as she waits to gon in to her grade 6 classroom at Victoria School of the Arts on the first day of school in Edmonton, Alberta on September 2, 2014. Perry Mah/QMI Agency

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Certified dental assistant Cathy Anderson demonstrates the application of fluoride varnish at the Hastings Prince Edward Public Health office in Belleville, Ont. Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Eligible children can now receive the protective coating at home as part of a new program. Luke Hendry/QMI Agency

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The Snowbirds perform during the Canadian International Air Show in Toronto on Sunday August 31, 2014. Dave Abel/QMI Agency

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Diana German, 13, climbs on top of statue depicting the founders of Kiev, in the background is a burned out building by Maidan Square in Kiev, Ukraine on Thursday September 4, 2014. This was the scene where protesters were fired upon by security forces. It is reported the fire was started by security forces. Ukrainians refer to that time as a revolution. Ernest Doroszuk/QMI Agency

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Toronto Skyline as seen from an overpass on Islington Ave. Wednesday September 3, 2014. Bob Tymczyszyn/QMI Agency

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The peloton drops into Peenaquim Park during stage 1 of the 2014 Tour of Alberta cycling race in Lethbridge, Alta. on Wednesday September 3, 2014. Al Charest/QMI Agency

Lightning strikes over buildings during heavy rainfall in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, September 2, 2014. Picture taken September 2, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

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A man walks up a spiral staircase at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Illinois, September 3, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young

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Novak Djokovic of Serbia makes fun of himself after missing a shot to Andy Murray of Britain during their quarter-final men's singles match at the 2014 U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York early on September 4, 2014. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine

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Folk artist Yu Guangjun attaches the legs from a cicada slough onto a magnolia bud as he makes a "Maohou" in his house in Beijing September 2, 2014. "Maohou", which means hairy monkey in Chinese, is a traditional art form in Beijing that dates back to the Qing Dynasty and requires only the use of cicada slough and magnolia buds to form miniature sculptures. Yu has been using Maohou figures in his miniatures to depict scenes from Beijing during the 1960-70s period. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

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Fresa, 5, stands inside the dog shelter "Santuario Milagros Caninos" on the outskirts of Mexico City August 29, 2014. Fresa underwent reconstructive surgery after her previous owners hacked off half of her snout with a sharp object, possibly a machete, according to surgeon Jesus Paredes. After neighbours found Fresa wandering on the streets, they handed her over to a shelter where Paredes performed a three-hour intervention to enable her to breathe again through her nostrils, to remove her protruding jaw and reconstruct the lips with flaps of skin and mucous. Picture taken August 29, 2014. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

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An anti-government protester takes a morning bath with others at a public pump during the Revolution March in Islamabad September 3, 2014. Pakistan's parliament threw its weight behind embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday as a deepening crisis over violent protests demanding his resignation prompted fears of an army intervention. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

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More than 1,000 paramilitary policemen take part in an exercise in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, September 2, 2014. Picture taken September 2, 2014. REUTERS/China Daily

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Devices produced by U.S. manufacturer of computer networking equipment Netgear are displayed on a web during the IFA Electronics show in Berlin September 4, 2014. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

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An injured woman rests at a field hospital in Douma September 3, 2014. Activists said forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad shelled various locations on Wednesday, including a market in Douma, and in al-Nashabiyeh city, in eastern al-Ghouta, near Damascus. REUTERS/Badra Mamet